Pandering With Proposed Amendments
by TChris
You know it's an election year when politicians take time away from the pressing issues of the day to promote amendments to the Constitution that lessen our rights.
Approved 6-3 by a Judiciary Committee panel on the Constitution, the amendment reads: "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."
Other efforts to take away rights we're likely to hear about this summer:
The flag measure is one of several constitutional amendments Republican leaders are advancing to energize conservative voters even though none of them is likely to clear the Senate. Others include outlawing abortion and banning same-sex marriage.
The ACLU responds here to the extreme view that symbols of freedom are more important than actual freedom.
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